Capo on the 8th fret
I'm working on a pattern for the fingerpicking, I'll post it when I'm happy.
It seems to be mostly the octave and the 5th with a little color added occasionally.
[G]I was young when I got married, young when we had kids
[G]Young when mom got [C]sick and moved in
[G]Dads gone, to that cancer song
[G]Before my dad died, he left me his .22
[G]A winchester rifle, it was [C]his dads to
[G]Now its mine, my how time flies
[G]I pay our rent by cleaning, the offices in town
[G]We live on a bad side, where the [C]police don’t come round
[G]It aint safe, but I can’t move us out
[G]The bills they stack up, in the mailbox outside
[G]Mostly from hospital, from b[C]efore dad died
[G]And the rest were past due and shutoff dates
[G] [C]
[G]Well the new guy on the job, talked me in on my way down
[G]We go half on some weight, I [C]pay some bills we both get out
[G]He’d front it too, what would you do
[G]I started selling to some old friends, gave some to granny Ruth.
[G]She’s sick with cancer, same a[C]s dads it helps her through
[G]I paid some bills off, was getting out
[G]Then I hear this crashing, outside my house
[G]These men came running at my maw maw, running at my wife
[G]my daughter started screaming, I [C]feared for their life
[G]weapon drawn, I had not known
[G]The men who tore off my lock, and broken down my door
[G]And threatened my family, were off[C]icers of the law
[G]Darkened rooms, how could I have known
[G]Such a terror, inside my home
[G] [C]
[G]Nine years to twenty, what have I done
[G]Nine years to twenty, in[C]tent and a gun
[G]To my family, what have I done
[G]For my family, what have I done
[G]Before my dad died, he left me his 22
[G]Look over your family son, do [C]what you need to
[G]Dad’s gone, now I’m solid gone
[G]But we always done, what n[D]eeded t[G]o be done.
I'm working on a pattern for the fingerpicking, I'll post it when I'm happy.
It seems to be mostly the octave and the 5th with a little color added occasionally.
[G]I was young when I got married, young when we had kids
[G]Young when mom got [C]sick and moved in
[G]Dads gone, to that cancer song
[G]Before my dad died, he left me his .22
[G]A winchester rifle, it was [C]his dads to
[G]Now its mine, my how time flies
[G]I pay our rent by cleaning, the offices in town
[G]We live on a bad side, where the [C]police don’t come round
[G]It aint safe, but I can’t move us out
[G]The bills they stack up, in the mailbox outside
[G]Mostly from hospital, from b[C]efore dad died
[G]And the rest were past due and shutoff dates
[G] [C]
[G]Well the new guy on the job, talked me in on my way down
[G]We go half on some weight, I [C]pay some bills we both get out
[G]He’d front it too, what would you do
[G]I started selling to some old friends, gave some to granny Ruth.
[G]She’s sick with cancer, same a[C]s dads it helps her through
[G]I paid some bills off, was getting out
[G]Then I hear this crashing, outside my house
[G]These men came running at my maw maw, running at my wife
[G]my daughter started screaming, I [C]feared for their life
[G]weapon drawn, I had not known
[G]The men who tore off my lock, and broken down my door
[G]And threatened my family, were off[C]icers of the law
[G]Darkened rooms, how could I have known
[G]Such a terror, inside my home
[G] [C]
[G]Nine years to twenty, what have I done
[G]Nine years to twenty, in[C]tent and a gun
[G]To my family, what have I done
[G]For my family, what have I done
[G]Before my dad died, he left me his 22
[G]Look over your family son, do [C]what you need to
[G]Dad’s gone, now I’m solid gone
[G]But we always done, what n[D]eeded t[G]o be done.
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